Psalms 7:5

Psalms 7:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me; Yes, let him trample my life to the earth, And lay my honor in the dust. Selah
• New Living Translation (NLT)then let my enemies capture me. Let them trample me into the ground and drag my honor in the dust. Interlude

Context of Psalms 7:5

3Lord my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands— 4if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe— then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. 6Arise, Lord, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice. 7Let the assembled peoples gather around you, while you sit enthroned over them on high.

Psalms 7:5 word by word

יִֽרַדֹּ֥ף אוֹיֵ֨ב׀ נַפְשִׁ֡י וְיַשֵּׂ֗ג וְיִרְמֹ֣ס לָאָ֣רֶץ חַיָּ֑י וּכְבוֹדִ֓י׀ לֶעָפָ֖ר יַשְׁכֵּ֣ן סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let the enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• persecuteרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• and takeנָשַׂגnâώag · to overtakeH5381
• yea, let him tread downרָמַסrâmas · to trampleH7429
• my lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
• upon the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• and layשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
• mine honourכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• in the dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• Selahסֶ֫לָהselâh · SelahH5542

Cross-references for Psalms 7:5

• Job 31:5“If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit—
• Psalms 44:5Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes.
• Psalms 60:12With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies.
• Job 40:12look at all who are proud and humble them, crush the wicked where they stand.
• Isaiah 10:6I send him against a godless nation, I dispatch him against a people who anger me, to seize loot and snatch plunder, and to trample them down like mud in the streets.
• Isaiah 63:3“I have trodden the winepress alone; from the nations no one was with me. I trampled them in my anger and trod them down in my wrath; their blood spattered my garments, and I stained all my clothing.
• Zechariah 10:5Together they will be like warriors in battle trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets. They will fight because the Lord is with them, and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.
• Malachi 4:3Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty.
• Psalms 49:12People, despite their wealth, do not endure; they are like the beasts that perish.
• Job 16:15“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and buried my brow in the dust.
• Job 40:13Bury them all in the dust together; shroud their faces in the grave.
• Jeremiah 17:13Lord, you are the hope of Israel; all who forsake you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust because they have forsaken the Lord, the spring of living water.
• Psalms 3:2Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.”
• Habakkuk 3:13You came out to deliver your people, to save your anointed one. You crushed the leader of the land of wickedness, you stripped him from head to foot.

Commentaries on Psalms 7:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Let the enemy persecute my soul - If I have been guilty of the things laid to my charge, let the worst evils fall upon me.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Let the enemy persecute my soul - Persecute my “life,” for so the word rendered “soul,” נפשׁ nephesh is evidently used here. He was willing, if he had been guilty of the thing charged upon him, that the enemy here referred to should “pursue” or persecute him until he should destroy his life. Compare with this the expression of Paul in Acts 25:11. The meaning here is simply that if he were a guilty man, in the manner charged on him, he would be willing to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5trample: Compare Psalm 44:5; 60:12; 91:13; 108:13. to the ground … in the dust: Disgrace and shame can lead to death and the grave (Psalm 143:3; see 13:3–4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. This is the consequence, if such has been his conduct. mine honour--(compare Psa 3:3; 4:2)--my personal and official dignity.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 7:5

• Evil for Good
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Commentaries on Psalms 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary